 troubles with ignition 123, Dead dizzy got me dizzy |
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| dtmehall |
 Oct 30 2025, 05:29 PM
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I have what may be a dumb question.
Do you have a ground attached to your transmission? |
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| wbgoggans |
Oct 30 2025, 05:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 22-April 20 From: Athens,GA Member No.: 24,167 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(dtmehall @ Oct 30 2025, 07:29 PM)  I have what may be a dumb question. Do you have a ground attached to your transmission? Not at the moment. My motor is out of the car so I am of course not using the trunk mounted ground strap. |
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| Superhawk996 |
Oct 30 2025, 06:01 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,498 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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The entire fan shroud, case, and transmission should all be the same electrically given metal to metal contact between each of them.
This of course assumes that none of these have been painted or powder coated. Best practice would be to clean any corrosion at the mating surfaces before all these components were bolted together as an assembly. If you’ve painted them, the coating needs to be removed at all mating points. It will be fine to ground to transmission in the same place the body / transmission ground strap goes. Just clean the trans case up if there is any hints of corrosion at the mounting point. You could go completely whacko and run separate a smaller 10 gauge grounds to each (shroud & case). Assuming your parts aren’t all corroded up, this is overkill. |
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| fixer34 |
Oct 30 2025, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,352 Joined: 16-September 14 From: Chicago area Member No.: 17,908 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(dtmehall @ Oct 22 2025, 07:59 PM) The Enshitification Of Everything As Seen In Common Automotive Tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegF5gcmBWE&t=51s I still have that exact Sears timing light. Remember leaning over the carb stacks trying to set full advance at 6000 rpm! |
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| searunner |
Oct 31 2025, 04:29 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 8-January 20 From: italy Member No.: 23,809 Region Association: None |
Only for confirm the good affidability of the 123 Distributor-
I have it on my MG TC 1946-Austin Healey 1957- 914/4 2.0 1974- some applications have more than 10 years -and ZERO problems of affidability from the begining- So my thing is that one of ancillarys - or some conections is wrong My experience is that the FAR assistence in this particular electronic default is very hard to wear |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Nov 1 2025, 09:26 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses & Beekeeper Group: Members Posts: 9,104 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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"Affidability" is not a standard English word, but the Italian word is "affidabilità," which translates to reliability or dependability in English. It refers to the quality of being trustworthy, consistent, and able to be relied upon.
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| emerygt350 |
Nov 1 2025, 10:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,360 Joined: 20-July 21 From: Upstate, NY Member No.: 25,740 Region Association: North East States |
I like that word! We should add it to the mess that is the English language.
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